MEEK MILL, TYLER, THE CREATOR, & LANA DEL REY BATTLE FOR NO. 1 SPOT

Meek Mill, Tyler, the Creator, and Lana Del Rey are involved in a photo finish race to No. 1 on the Billboard 200. According to projections, each project is expected to sell around 90,000 equivalent album units, with minor variations.

Meek Mill’s third album Wins & Losses could sell between 90,000 and 95,000 units, Tyler, the Creator’s Flower Boy might sell 85,000-95,000 units, and Del Rey’s Lust for Life could move 85,000-90,000 units. Given room for changes, each album has a chance at the top spot.

If Tyler takes the No. 1 slot, it would be his first Billboard 200 chart-topper, besting his 2013 album Wolf, which peaked at No. 3. If Mill or Del Rey reach the top spot, it would be each artist’s second No. 1 after Meek’s Dreams Worth More Than Money and Lana’s Ultraviolence.

Elsewhere, Linkin Park is set to make a return to the Billboard 200 top 10 with One More Light(40,000) and Hybrid Theory (35,000). The chart boost comes after lead singer Chester Bennington’s tragic death by suicide last week.